Iraq court orders arrest of Kurdish independence vote organizers

Warrants issued for chairwoman and two other members of commission that organized September vote

Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flag as they celebrate in the streets of the northern city of Irbil on September 25, 2017, following a referendum on independence. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

An Iraqi court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of the chairwoman and two other members of the commission that organized last month’s vote for Kurdish independence, a judicial official said.

The court in east Baghdad acted in response to a request from the National Security Council headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdel Sattar Bayraqdar told AFP.

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